Onion tops white blotches?

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    :scratch: My onions seemed fine the other day when I was weeding around them but this morning I noticed light white blotches on all of the tops, it's my first year growing onions so I'm not sure what's normal. Any ideas?
     
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    Are the tops starting to swell in size as well? I'm wondering if it's seed heads starting to form. My previous year's onions I left in over-winter have all formed seed heads (so called 'bolting') Once they do that the put all their energy into flowering and don't produce as good a bulb.

    Heres an image of a flower starting to form:
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