{"id":845,"date":"2026-10-29T22:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/care\/ficus-bambino-potting-and-care\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:19:19","slug":"ficus-bambino-potting-and-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/care\/ficus-bambino-potting-and-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Ficus &#8216;Bambino&#8217; \u2014 Potting and Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bmp-care-article\">\n<p>Ficus &#x27;Bambino&#x27; use Scotts Osmocote Premium Potting Mix for Indoor Plants. It comes pre-mixed with a 6-month slow-release fertilizer and specialized coir and perlite. For ongoing care during spring and summer, supplement with Scotts Osmocote Pour+Feed for Indoor Plants.<\/p>\n<h2>What You Need<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Potting Mix:<\/strong> Scotts Osmocote Premium Potting Mix for Indoor Plants (compost- free to prevent fungus gnats).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optional Booster Fertilizer:<\/strong> Scotts Osmocote Pots, Planters &amp; Indoors Controlled Release Fertiliser if your mix needs extra slow-release prills down the track.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liquid Feed:<\/strong> Scotts Osmocote Pour+Feed for Indoor Plants for active seasonal growth boosts<\/li>\n<li>Potting Steps<\/li>\n<li>Choose a clean pot with good drainage holes.<\/li>\n<li>Partly fill the container with the pre-fertilized potting mix.<\/li>\n<li>Place the Ficus &#x27;Bambino&#x27; in the centre and fill around the root ball gently.<\/li>\n<li>Water the pot thoroughly to settle the soil and activate the built-in nutrients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section class=\"bmp-care-downloads\">\n<h2>Download or print this guide<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ficus-bambino-potting-and-care.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Original guide PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ficus &#x27;Bambino&#x27; use Scotts Osmocote Premium Potting Mix for Indoor Plants. It comes pre-mixed with a 6-month slow-release fertilizer and specialized coir and perlite. For ongoing care during spring and summer, supplement with Scotts Osmocote Pour+Feed for Indoor Plants. What You Need Potting Mix: Scotts Osmocote Premium Potting Mix for Indoor Plants (compost- free to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-845","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"buymyplants_70lkd8","author_link":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/author\/buymyplants_70lkd8\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Ficus &#x27;Bambino&#x27; use Scotts Osmocote Premium Potting Mix for Indoor Plants. It comes pre-mixed with a 6-month slow-release fertilizer and specialized coir and perlite. For ongoing care during spring and summer, supplement with Scotts Osmocote Pour+Feed for Indoor Plants. What You Need Potting Mix: Scotts Osmocote Premium Potting Mix for Indoor Plants (compost- free to&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/845\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buymyplants.com.au\/_home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}