Coarse soil
used in the bottom of the pot for good water drainage and aeration, and to prevent the main soil inside the pot from coming out of the bottom.
usually large akadama soil is used for this.
helps the water to drain ...
Coarse soil used at the bottom of the pot for good drainage. Soil for bonsai and different sand types are separated according to purpose of use. The coarsest grain among them measuring between 7 to 10 millimeters is known as gorotsuchi.
Use the recommended coarse soil mix.
Keep your plants healthy and pest-free. Rotate each plant a quarter turn every week. This gives even exposure to the sun and fresh air, plus allows you to check on the health or disease from all sides.
Drier type plants are grown in coarse soil in large containers, although they would prefer the fine.
Soil Notes: It prefers lightweight, sandy and coarse soil. Add grit, laval rock and organic coarsening agents such as bark or leaf mulch to lighten soil.
Don't remove the attached seed, let it drop off naturally. Notice the coarse soil. These seedlings would probably prefer something not as coarse, but if this is all you have, that will work too.
Grow native or naturalized plants.
Use the recommended coarse soil mixes.
Keep your plants healthy and pest-free.
However, if the pot is so large that the saturated level cannot be removed by normal root colonization, problems begin. This is not dependent on the soil type. With coarse soils a larger pot could be tolerated, ...
This approach says a bud will form exactly where its needed. If it doesn't, well, back to the drawing
board.The cut was covered in cut paste.Then, the stump was planted deeply in coarse soil into a large peat pot (Fig. 2).
All bonsai pots have large drainage holes, which are essential for the rapid drainage that promotes root health, but which must be covered with screening on the inside bottom of the pot to prevent coarse soil from washing away with draining water.
Back fill half the depth of the pot with your coarse soil and then bring the ends of your wire in and, enclosing some main roots close to the trunk, twist the ends TIGHT to firmly secure the tree in the pot. Cut off excess wire. Mist the roots.
 See also: Bonsai, Plant, Pot, Tree, Root
  
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