Sed rate (erythrocyte sedimentation rate) Overview. Sed rate, or erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), is a blood test that can reveal inflammatory activity in your body. A sed rate test isn't a stand-alone diagnostic tool, but it can help your doctor diagnose or monitor the progress of an inflammatory disease. When your blood is placed in a tall, thin tube, red blood cells (erythrocytes) gradually settle to the bottom. Inflammation can cause the cells to clump.
Wait to plant your yellow crookneck squash until three or four weeks after the last frost, when the soil has warmed. Create mounds of soil about 2 feet across. Use your hoe to dig a moat around the hill. Use four to five seeds for each mound. Poke holes at the top, 2 inches deep and three inches apart.
I find they are usually pretty quick. Sowed 3 courgette varieties + 3 squash varieties last week-went away on hols for 5 days-came back, all had germinated, (luckily only just as they were in heated prop. and needed whipping out!) - all except the Blue Hubbard squash, none of which have showed at all.t took only 2 days for my butternut squash to sprout (and the seeds were 4 years old). They are now growing fine in pots of compost. :D. Regarding nicking seeds, I don't really think that helps germination but you probably could try sowing them anyway.