Seeds have been growing for ever by just falling onto damp soil.
I'd soak them until sprouted out of habit, if I couldn't/didn't I'd be happy to pot them into damp soil/coco.
If you can be bothered with the work use lots of lower wattage CFL over one large CFL bulb, as cfl go up in wattage they go down in efficiency, I can't remember the figures but it's a significant amount of (free) light if you compare 5x40w versus a single 200w
Fwiw imo Wizzlebiz advice is good he's genuinely trying to help you.
Happy growing!