Only pull seeds on the inside of the buds. Exposed seeds usually don't sprout or do well.
I have bred many a plants, and in my experience if you have good genetics it does not matter one bit which part of the bud the seed comes from. It does however matter where on the PLANT it came from (top, middle, or bottom).... Some of the best seeds I ever bred came from the very top of the main cola. I would say as long as they are mottled/tiger stripped, a darker color, and pass the crunch test (crunch test is just personal preference, most seeds will still sprout even if they most likely would be crushed in this test) they should sprout and grow just fine...
Its ignorance in breeders that perpetuate ideas like that (the best seeds come from inside the bud)... if the seeds from the inside of the plant were "the best genetic code" how would a species grow and prosper through natural selection? IMO all seeds in a single flower (*the same age*) have an equal genetic code, although they are all individuals they come from the same parents. (* typically because of the way flowers develop on cannabis, the seeds that are visible first are usually the oldest/first ready for collection and the "strongest/biggest" as they have the most/first access to the hormones that help seeds develop)
to avoid turning this into a "defoliation" argument thread, I will stop preaching and merely say that I disagree with you
@hyroot 
