Welcome @Ammypc and thank you for growing and making this thread.
Thank you for helping @AzSeaindooin420 and starting him off with solid advice.
@Ammypc we’re here to support you all along the way.
I always have some sprouts dying, but that is how it goes in life everywhere, some make it, some don’t.
First get yourself regular seeds, let both the females and the males live and then you’ll have a big bunch of seeds. This way you never have to pay for them ever again.
Sow a small handful of seeds, 10, 11, 12 seeds in one pot!
Some will die, but the best ones will survive!
It’s much more fun and much cheaper this way.
Use organic potting soil, the mix @AzSeaindooin420 shared sounds good if you live in a very humid climate! If the heat is more dry then I would use 100% compost.
This is how I have been growing successfully for almost two years now:
^ The big black pots are fabric pots, I pour water in the container in the corner so the water is absorbed through the fabric from the bottom. If you use only plastic pots then fungus gnats can lay eggs in the bottom because they can enter through the holes.
In the ring around the small green and blue plastic pots I place kitchenscraps, grass, tree leaves, dandelion, thistle, nettle, … Never water there, that top layer will dry and slowly go down as it is absorbed by the soil as fertilizer.