Talk:Breeding/@comment-75.192.95.236-20111230184421/@comment-4709795-20120101025945

In addition to the coliseum, you can earn xp from growing the dragon food. It appears that while you actually get less dragon treats per-hour with the higher-end, more expensive plants, they give you proportionally more xp than the lower-end plants. Besides the coliseum, the only other way to acquire gems atm besides buying them via IAPs is to have them gifted to you from friends on GC that also play the game. Gems are the only way to make the dragons breed faster. So, make sure you always have a pair of dragons breeding (two pairs if you have the epic breeding island), a dragon competing in the coliseum, and food growing on your farms. Good luck and have fun!