Garbage cans don't have tight-fitting lids. They may have lids that are tough to open, but they don't fit tightly. Fill it up with water and tip it... if water runs out, moist air can flow in. (Guess how I know....) I buy a 94# bag of cement and divide it between three 5-gallon buckets with tight lids. I had to buy one of those lid openers to get them open without breaking my nails. The link below shows what the bucket openers look like, but you can find them in hardware stores and Home Depot, Lowes, etc. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: Bucket opener photo

The folded paper design I posted earlier, I use only for temporary storage or for mailing seeds. If you are having trouble folding it, it is usually because you do not turn it over as directed in picture #3. For long time storage I use the plastic air tight containers used for diabetic test strip storage. They are a little smaller than the old 35MM film shipping cases. Dr. Norman Deno in his many years of seed experimenting found very little difference in life expectancy between seed at a constant room temperature and that at refrigerator temperature for most seed. Al

Ok just wanted to post a follow up. I got my new cuttings and used my new products... the perlite and dip & grow. I got a ton of semi-hard wood cuttings. Cuttings: 4-8 inch range, striped all but a few leaves at the top, used a 50/50 mixture in 3 pots of my old sand and peat mix with the perlite, poked a hole with a dibber, dipped cut tip in rotting hormone, put my cuttings in the holes, moistened soil (not too wet) damp, kept in location that sees light, but not direct sunlight. (only bad thing was due to time issues I had to leave the cuttings in water longer then I planned before I prepared them and got them set up in pots) This time I left off the bags and instead misted in the morning before leaving for work and when I got home from work in the evening. The leaves browned on me still and I was about to give up and a few days ago 2 gave me some green leaves. So I have 2 out of about 30. I guess that is good considering I have no greenhouse and can't mist them more then 2x a day. The question now is leave them alone and kep doing the same thing and let them get stronger or try to take them out of the rooting pot and into a new pot of their own? I'm leaning towards leaving them till I know if any others are going to try and throw up some green. I worry about the delicate roots and trying to separate them out w/o damage. When, or do they even need to be transferred to a new pot with a different soil?

@floral_uk I've added small feet under the pots to have them drain and air better. I'll water them bit less in the following weeks, air them out occasionally as you suggested and see if there is improvement. Thanks for your advice. Any idea how long for them to grow roots? Should I leave them be till March 2015? I've planted them to root only a week ago and this is my first attempt at rooting from cuttings. Cheers