I planted onion sets this spring, 45 white and 45 red (I do not know exact varieties). Now many are putting up scapes. I just discovered the Allium forum yesterday, and have been doing a lot of reading. It seems that I should have planted seeds instead of sets. I will do that next year, but what is the best thing to do for now? Will it do any good to cut off the scapes like I did for my garlic? Or should I just immediately pull and use any plants with a scape? Any plants not putting up a scape I will leave until the foliage falls over and browns. Hopefully I will still get some decent bulbs from these.

Thanks for any advice. This is a great forum. (I also have some Allium cernuum in a native plant bed.)