Customer Reviews

Dunecraft Dragon's Lair

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This was a fun project to do with my 5yo. He is really into dragons and was excited to arrange all the seeds and dragon's lair inside the terrarium.

The set of seeds that did sprout did so very quickly. We were able to see progress within the first week. This was good because it kept my son from getting bored with the whole thing. Unfortunately, only one set of seeds actually took. We did use up all the seeds in both packages so no opportunity to give the other seeds a second chance.

We planted this kit around 6 months ago and the terrarium is still doing really well with little maintenance. We even went away on vacation and when we came back it still didn't need to be watered. We keep it inside on a window ledge that gets good light.

Overall, I'm satisfied with what we have but would have liked more seeds to work with.

We joke that my wife has a brown thumb because she has a knack for killing plants. She is also very into dragons so this seemed like the perfect gift to help her with her affliction.

She thought it was a really cool concept and set it up per the instructions. In no time she had some of each of the plant types growing in different places. I would even get digital photos of the progress when I was traveling. She was hooked!

The best part was that it barely needs watering with the lid on since the water is trapped inside.

Over time, some white mold started to grow on the soil so I recommended she leave the lid off for a while to let the soil dry off. That cleared it up. The mold issue and lack of instructions on how to handle it are why I did not give the product 5 stars.

Another reviewer mentioned the lid kept blowing off. This is an indoor plant. If their lid was blowing off they must live in a wind tunnel as ours was placed in a window ledge right by the front door and the lid never moved during our numerous comings and goings during the day.

The seedlings sprouted faster than expected and they change color quickly too! I really, really like the plant and will buy more from Dune Craft.

Great merchant; fast delivery. Only had 1 coleus and 2 dragon tree seeds come up, but they are doing well. Would like to have had a better germination rate. But I now use the dome as an indoor greenhouse to start seeds in peat pots. It works well for that.

I bought this for my brother for several reasons; he loves dragons, he loves gardens, and he loves interesting things. This item was suppose to fill all three. We were very disappointed. First, whenever the instructions mention 'save some seed aside for later as there will be a lot of plants,' don't listen. MOst of the plants didn't sprout and what did sprout was only one type of plant and we used all the seeds and there was plenty of room. Second, the entire 'greenhouse' isn't very durable and the lid kept flying off. I finally just taped it down to get it to stay. The end result. We have a tiny dragon inside a greenhouse that we can't see (because it's a wet green house). We hve one plant out of three growing and not very well at that. The kids are not interested in the entire project becuase they can't see anything and the tape is kind of putting htem off the enitre project.

My son was so excited planting the seeds and arranging the stones, dragon, etc. He was disappointed when not one plant sprouted. Only very few seeds were given and there is not much to try again. We will plant our own seeds, but I had purchased this because it was all included in one set. Frustrating overall.

Despite following the directions and enlisting the help of a friend that knows more about growing plants, indoors and out, nothing grew in this thing. Don't waste your money.

My son loved putting the terrarium together and loved and the dragon lore, lava rocks, etc. Only time will tell if it will grow anything but he enjoyed the process of putting it together. Great item for the winter when you can't go outside and plant.