if you have a hybrid type of grass, it can produce seeds but they won't be viable. basically the grass is sterile. abotu the best thing i cna tell you would be to try them. if it works, great, if not then you tried and now know you jsu tneed to go pick up a bag of seed to fill in the sandy areas. while you are at it, add in some organic material to mix with teh sand. if the areas a pure sand, grass really won't make it any better.

Sorry to mess things up the method that I use is to collect seeds from pods airdry for 3 to 5 days , place in the 1 by 2 or 2 by 3 in plastic bags which you can get in a craft store on sale 200 for about 1.50 place in veg draw in frig. at a temp of around 40 to 45 degrees and you can store them one to two years I have used paper but thay dont work as well as thay collect moisture from frig.A friend of mine, air dries them then puts them in deep freeze it works for him but I havent used this method yet.I only do a few hundred crosses a year so I do have a few thousand seed to take care of I do inspect them for problems about every two months. If you have any problems or need help e mail me DICK

What's up nash I am new to Christmas Palms all i can tell you is they are about the size of your index finger pretty big I am not sure but it does look like the hull is still on them they are good and heavy every seed i have got from this guy is good so i would assume these are too . Orchiddude I am very impressed with this little palm it grows quick.. the dealings i have had with it and it also germinates easy

Joe, I live in the Myrtle Beach area also (Murrells Inlet). I have been growing different types of palms from seed for a while now. The trouble with palms are that the fast growing ones are not native to this area thus they have many problems such as cold in winter months, too humid in summer months. I would still recommend the washingtonia robusta (mexican fan palm), or the washingtonia filifera (california fan palm) they are the 2 fastest growing palms for this area with the robusta being the fastest. However the robusta is more sensitive to the cold so you must be prepared to protect it, especially while it is young, (would make a nice container palm for a couple of years). Now the filifera is more cold tolerant than the robusta but you need to remember it grows in a dry arid climate so it struggles with funggal attacks while it is young in our hot humid climate we have. The filifera grows somewhat slower than the robusta and you will still need to offer some protection while it is young from both cold and humidity. Pindo's grow slow but will not be hurt by our cold and after some time they can get to 20' tall. Sabal's are easy to grow from seed as well but will take some time to look like a palm. I am not an expert just some stuff that I have picked up from this board, I hope it helps. David Stallard