I lost my old airpump so bought a new one. Slightly bigger as it's what they had at the shop. We it's too big as the spray from the bubbles it makes keeps the medium the plants are in completely soaked. They haven't grown any roots in about 2 weeks now. They still look quite healthy up top. Nice and green, growing new leaves, but not getting any taller.
First I turned off the airpump for 24 hours, they were still soaked, so I took them all outside and let them hang out in the open air for 18 hours, still didn't dry them out. Since then they have been sitting in the closet in an empty bucket, not water to be seen anywhere, and yet they are still looking nice and perky, no droop like they need water at all. It's as if rockwoool and hydroton do not lose water at all in my company.
To recap, today is day 6 of the plants not getting any water at all... and still they look like they always have. And still no roots. Bah.
I'll snap a pic.
And yes, I do need to stop being such a douche. Fuck.