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When you inspect your bonsai, make sure you keep an eye on the compost and the quality of drainage.

The soil you use affects rooting, feeding, watering and transpiration; it is where half your tree lives so this is our second biggest consideration in maintaining your bonsai. While the needs of individual species vary greatly a good rule of thumb is 30% grit, 70% humus for deciduous trees, and 70% grit, 30% humus for evergreen needled plants, but these are just general guidelines.

Good soil composition equals good drainage and healthy roots.

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Here are some good tips to keep your Bonsai healthy all year round.

Also if your Bonsai is placed against a wall make sure you turn it around
every two weeks. If you don’t turn your bonsai every two weeks it may grow out of shape as it
grows towards the light.

Another overlooked point is to make sure you don’t  place a bonsai pot directly onto concrete if it will be
subject to direct sunlight for long periods. The heat generated off the concrete coupled
with the small amount of soil in a bonsai pot can bake the roots of the tree and kill it.