The device (2) has an erecting tool arranged at a holding frame (4). The erecting tool has a rotary supported rotary body provided in a circular shape and is supported with an outer circumference (10) of the rotary body on a soil surface. The erecting tool has tines (6) that are distributed about the outer circumference of the rotary body and project away from the outer circumference of the rotary body. Each tine has a section (18) projecting past the outer circumference of the rotary body.