This investigation was carried out at Shandaweel Research Station (Sohag Govemorate) in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999 seasons to study the effect of some tillage practices (ploughing and hoeing) and row spacing on growth characteristics of the plant cane. The results showed that increasing ploughing number from two to three and four times increased sprouting percentage at 45 days in both seasons with a significant difference in the second season , number of stalks/m after 105 and 165 days from planting and stalk diameter at 150 and 210 days in the second season. Ploughing two or three times attained the highest stalk length throughout the different growth stages compared with four ploughings. Spacing rows at 100 cm produced higher sprouting percentage and number of stalks/m after 105 and 165 days from planting in the 2^nd season compared with planting at 125 an. Row spacing of 125 cm significantly increased stalk diameter in the r^d season at the various growth stages. Planting sugarcane in rows of 100 an significantly increased stalk height at the different stages in the 2^nd season compared with the wider row spacing (125 cm). Hoeing frequency had no significant effect on number of stalks/m or stalk height at 105 and 165 days from planting and stalk diameter at all growth stages.