I'm new to this forum and have a question about rooting cuttings from my summer tomato plants. I'm sorry for the length, but want to give as much info as possible.

We had so much rain in North Texas this year that our tomatos were absolutely delicious - but all that rain also led to early blight and for the most part the plants are shot. The remaining tomatos are very small, but there is a lot of new growth at the tops. We want to start preparing the garden for our first ever fall crop, so out of curiosity, yesterday I took about 20 cuttings. Not knowing what to do, I put them in very wet potting soil and added some root stimulator. Will this work? If they do take root, how long before I can transplant them. Right now about half are in each of 2 pails of soil, about 3 inches apart. The soil is quite soggy - in fact there's a little standing water in the top of both. The part of the stems that are in the soil are anything from 4 - 8 inches long. All the leaves are removed except what you might find on small store bought transplants. We are keeping them in the shade for now.

Since I just did this yesterday, if I've done it all wrong, I think I can redo. Just let me know what I should do.

Oh yeah, half are celebrity and half are early girl.

Thanks for any advice you have. I would love to have fall tomatoes and new plants are hard to find in late summer.