I believe that Raybo rooted Purple Haze with very good success

George

I did that with osu blue and the infamous burpee sweet seedless last year. Since the seeds of the sweet seedless were about 70 cents each, I just bought a packet and propagated them.

Last spring I started my tomatoes under lights a little early. They were starting to have suckers. I shoved the suckers in some potting soil and they rooted in about a week. I was growing them in an unheated (passive water heat) greenhouse. I will be doing this deliberately this year.

As George indicated, yes, I root my plants for my Fall crop, off of my Spring plants started from seeds. I dip them in growth hormone, then insert them in Rapid Rooters:

I have about a 95% success rate now doing this, and I know exactly what the second generation plant will taste like.

Raybo

I'm glad to hear that others are doing this. It works great! Last season I just stuck the suckers in 16oz. cups full of seed starting mix and kept them moist, inside under lights for about 2 weeks before putting them in the ground. No rooting hormone or anything! When the mid season heatwave hit the blossoms stopped setting but the plants from the cuttings raced up the trellis and were ready to set fruit as soon as the temps dropped. My neighbors were preparing to till their gardens under in Mid September while I was still harvesting abundantly in late October! I have been over wintering some Supersteaks indoors using similar methods except I am using the main stem tops of the plants for cuttings. The sucker becomes the new main stem, this keeps the plant short and stocky. I am building an ultrasonic fog cloner which should speed root development and improve success rate. Has any one else tried these ultrasonic things?