Planting sorghum too shallow

Planting too shallow without soil moisture can produce delayed emergence until moisture conditions are restored. Instead, optimum planting depth (1.5 inches) or deeper planting depth (3 inches) shows much better growth compared to the shallow placement. Differences in development, expressed as number of leaves, also can be observed as the emergence is delayed in this case due to short moisture conditions when seed was placed too shallow in late planting dates.