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The sleep, also know as the power supply, is the cornerstone of our physical and mental wellbeing. Vitality, lucid mind and promptness of reflexes are the fruits of a night of sleep, essential for reorganizing the cognitive and emotional state.

Sleeping at least eight hours a night allows the mind to alleviate the psychic tensions and the central nervous system to fix the memory. In fact, during the REM phase, the mind processes and stores every event, notion, and emotion with which we dealt during the day.

A correct resting position promotes muscle relaxation and allows an easy achievement of the deepest sleep phases necessary to regenerate one’s psycho-physical balance.
Factors such as body shape and positions that tend to be taken during rest are the main factors to consider when choosing the bed system that best suits your needs. Choosing the right mattress can make the difference and improve the quality of sleep.

Sleeping on the wrong mattress, in fact, can cause neck pain, headaches and backaches when you wake up, which can make you feel tired and tired even if, in fact, you have rested a good number of hours, thus nullifying each benefit of sleep. A worn, old and deformed mattress can become a real instrument of torture, which, in the long run, can aggravate lumbago and neck pain.

How to choose the mattress?

The most important of the elements that affect sleep, the mattress should ideally be changed every five years, as the materials inevitably tend to lose the technical features developed to ensure optimal rest.

The advice is to choose a model that adequately supports the spine without forcing you into uncomfortable and unnatural positions, detrimental to the back.

It is the mattress that must be adapted to your needs and the shape of the back, not the other way around. Orient yourself on ergonomic models, neither too rigid nor too soft that can support the body structure adapting itself to it.

The level of rigidity must be such that it does not make the mattress sink and, consequently, cause flexion of the body, but, at the same time, it must not be excessive enough to compromise its comfort. A mattress that is too rigid, in fact, risks preventing the spine from following its natural curvature, while a too soft one would not be able to give adequate support and would tend to sink into the points of greater weight. The right mattress should not let you sink and, at the same time, must adequately support the various parts of the body in order not to go to strain your back. Whenever possible, always try the mattress before proceeding with the purchase.

Is Memory Foam Worth All The Hype?

Memory Foam mattresses are particularly recommended for those suffering from circulatory problems in the lower limbs, made with high-tech materials able to model themselves based on the epidermal heat and follow the natural line of the body, stimulating blood circulation and optimally distributing body weight. Yes also to Memogel mattresses, an innovative material born from the merger of Memory and Thermostatically Stabilized Gel, extremely flexible, breathable and almost non-deformable. You should look into mattress brands like Tuft & Needle if you wish to go memory foam route.

For those who wish to remain faithful to the tradition of the spring mattress, we recommend focusing on innovative boxed spring models, which guarantee optimal support, and on models with pocket springs in high-strength technical fabrics, specially designed to resist movement and twisting of the spring.

We recommend that you choose anti-mite hypoallergenic mattresses, with wool-free padding, which provide better protection against dust mites, which are mainly responsible for allergies, preventing their proliferation.

If you’ve been dealing with plants for a while, maybe today’s song sounds like Chinese. Do not worry; I’ll explain it simply so that everyone understands it. What is this about iron chlorosis? In other words, it is nothing more than the yellowing of the leaves caused by an iron deficiency.

In the case that you are a regular reader of the blog, this matter will not be a novelty for you. We have already touched it before, specifically when talking about acidophilic species and also highlighting the essential nutrients for plants. By the way, two readings highly recommended understanding better what we are going to talk about.

Need for minerals in plants

As a summary for the newcomers, it is worth noting that, in addition to water, light and carbon dioxide and oxygen from the air, all vegetables require at least 13 minerals to survive. In the absence of any of them, the plant would begin to show signs of deterioration.

Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium are the most demanded by plants – by themselves, they account for almost three-quarters of the total requirement in minerals – and along with calcium, magnesium, and sulfur (also numerous), form the macronutrients of the plants. For this reason, they are considered basic and indispensable in the composition of many fertilizers. You could interpret from this that others are less important, but you would incur an error.

Symptoms of lack of iron

Not to be less required, the lack of a micronutrient will go unnoticed. The plant will manifest it, of course, from the first moment. In the case of iron, the initial symptoms will appear in the young leaves, evidencing a notable loss of intensity in the coloration. Its green will turn little by little too yellow, in all the limb except for its nerves that will remain green. It is also frequent its arbitrariness, appearing in some branches and others not.

The most similar symptoms are those caused by the lack of magnesium and also by the lack of manganese. However in magnesium, as with nitrogen, they would be shown earlier in old leaves.

It will be with manganese that you will have more difficulty discerning. As in the case of iron, the signs will be noticed first in the young leaves, although here they will also keep green strips surrounding the nerves. That will be the subtle difference. To top it all, there are often several shortcomings at the same time, complicating everything.

Why there is a lack of iron

The iron deprivation in the plant is not usually due to a real absence in the soil since it is required in minimal quantities. The most common is that, for some reason, it is blocked and can not be assimilated by the roots.

The usual cause of the blockage is an inappropriate substrate pH (too high for the plant). If the support that holds it has a basic pH (above 7) it will surely be affected. Iron will then have problems to dissolve in the water.

The fork between 6.5 and 7 (neutral pH) is preferred by most species. It is the range where all the nutrients are correctly assimilated.

Acidophilic plants

This rule is altered, however, in acidophilic plants, with a preference for soils with low pH. If you grow for example Japanese maples, heather, hydrangeas, rhododendrons, azaleas, gardenias or camellias, these should range between 4.5 and 6 or else they will suffer from ferric chlorosis. Others, such as citrus, without requiring such a low pH, also like a slightly acid soil. Do you want some orange, lemon or mandarin healthy? Well, it uses a 6.5 environment substrate.

How to find out the pH of the substrate? You have some gadgets at your fingertips, which will give you an approximate orientation. The most affordable and easy to use are these meters to puncture the floor or the usual test strips that indicate a color code.

Water and fertilizer can also raise the pH

Repeated irrigation with heavy waters (with an excess of mineral salts) will also be an inconvenience for delicate species. If the tap water contains too much lime, better use other options (rainwater, mineral or distilled), or it will end up alkalizing the substrate. Another alternative is to lower the pH, adding a few drops of lemon juice or vinegar.

For the same reason, in the acidophilic plants, the usual fertilizers with high concentrations of salts are not suitable. You must manage other special ones for them: fertilizers for acidophilic plants.

How to solve ferric chlorosis

So far you have seen how to identify iron chlorosis, distinguishing it from the others, and how to make it so that it does not appear in your plants. With a bit of luck, it will be enough, and you will only end this article out of curiosity. But, if you had identified the symptoms, nothing happens. You will see that the world is not over either. Next, I explain how to solve them.

Iron chelate

In such a situation, the fertilizers with habitual formulas will not work, since it is not a question of simply adding iron. With the disadvantage of an alkaline substrate, the mineral would not reach the plant. You must use iron chelate, as an emergency measure. Of course, later you’ll have to take care of the problem. The mode of application of the iron chelate will vary depending on its arrangement and concentration. There is to spray directly on the leaves, to dilute in irrigation water or presented in granules (to spread on the substrate). You decide which one is most comfortable for you, but follow the manufacturer’s instructions.