Hello, if I may? I suspect you are oeverwatering your plants since you said that the sun hasn't been out to much lately, and it is planted in such a big pot, that teh foliage is just about gone, and that you use your finger method that will never reach to the bottom root zone of your tree. As Al suggested, the dowel method is a much safer way to check for moisture than the finger for this reason. If it is being weakend by poor cultural habits, then the next worst thing is how attractive it looks and tastes in such a weaken state to several pests. I would use a magnfying glass and check for mites for sure, since not only over watering can cause severe leaf loss, but so too those buggers and possibly mealy at the same time. Is there any way you can take a picture of that plant and teh white fuzzy pest? What kind of mix are you using that allows you to water that much almost every week, especially this time of the year? Also because your tree is defoliating, I can't even see how it can take up water that quick in such a short amount of time. If it is planted in a bagged mix, in a container that size, I would think more than a week to dry out, no? It sounds like a circle of issues all tied together and one needs to be adressed asap with the other root problems to follow. As for insectical sops, well those never worked for me. Also you should be able to get all surfaces, now that you said that your tree is practically defoliated. Maybe a good horticultural oil or kneem? I hope all works well for you. "Al" is certainly the one to work with along with a few others when it comes to trees. He has saved me a many trees and I have learned so much from him.;-) Mike

I would try to do a Restore. If that doesn't work, does your PC have a built-in Recovery function? Or, do you have Windows CDs? You'll know for next time to never delete anything in the Programs folder. And, the date shown in the default view is the date modified (saved), not date last accessed. Assume that all main operating system files and utilities will have dates that are earlier than the date you bought the computer. Never touch 'em.

I would be curious about how many bytes ccleaner removed, if you remember. Ccleaner mostly just removes temporary files that your browser has saved into folders from every webpage you load ... and cookies too. Nearly all webpages and their graphics & scripts are saved 8 duplicated into cache folders. They are saved so your internet connection doesnt have to download the same pages over & over as you visit those sites again unless changes are made on the page. Then they save the changed pages into different cache folders.. adds up to a whole lot of pages for the browser to keep track of over time. Often the database files & folders/files in the cache ..get mixed & screwed up. One thing I might first try, after running a full virus/spyware scan, would be to download the current version of firefox & once that is on the computer, uninstall firefox. Then reinstall it after a restart. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

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