Balcony plant - 22 days without water

Surprised to see a completely new tomato plant already out because only seeds were planted before leaving these balcony plants all by their lonesome 22 days ago. The tomato leaves looks dry and withered but still alive.

All the rest of the pots is ok!

 

 

 

 

This pot was completely empty but some new shoots have grown. Chili plant I think..

 

The funny thing is the water bottles with tiny holes in them are still full. Guess the holes were tooo tiny.

 

 

 

The one that worked was water botles with the string wick attached.. the water very slowy seeped out. Guess that will be the preferred method to keep the plants alive next time their left alone for lone periods f time.

 

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Can mint live in water?

Been rooting mints in water bottles and it is working fine, rooting after a couple of days.

After rooting and a 2 weeks later, I was wondering if they can just stay in the water as they still look healthy. The rooting water is from the aquarium since it's aerated and has more nutrients than plain water. 

So will try leaving them in water and change  the water after a week or so to see if they can really survive long term in just water.

Will update  here if the mints live or die :)