Loolie, I wonder if you were ever able to learn more about the root system of your eucalyptus citriodora. I also have a citriodora that's about the same size as yours and am trying to find out how deep the roots might go (in terms of watering, in my case). We're in an extended drought in California, the opposite of your weather when you wrote your message more than 5 years ago. And our soils are likely to be very different, which affects root structure, from what I've read, so even though our trees are the same there could be big differences in their root structure. Nevertheless, I'd be very interested to know what you eventually found out and what happened with your tree. By the way, I didn't find your question metaphysical, per one of the replies, nor unreasonable as others seemed to imply. So, again, if by any chance you ever run across this message, I'd love to hear your update.

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