Becky, I think cutting the scapes as you did will at least help speed the recovery.
I don't know for sure, but I would think the stress was reduced.
I have a few seedlings loaded with pods this year. I was so impressed with buds and branching of some of the seedlings that I have to see if the traits will be passed on. I have seedlings with 4-6 branches and 30 buds. For us that is good as we grow 500 registered daylilies and few compare to our best seedlings for buds and branching.
