The invention relates to a method and a device (01) for distributing granular material to a variable number of lines (02). According to the invention, the granular material is first conveyed along a longitudinal axis (02) and a rotational movement about the longitudinal axis (02) is subsequently superimposed on the conveyance along the longitudinal axis (02), wherein the rotational movement is generated by pushing about the longitudinal axis (02) and, depending on the direction of rotation in which the granular material is pushed about the longitudinal axis (02), said granular material is conveyed onto different planes normal to the longitudinal axis (02) and is distributed onto different numbers of lines (01) extending out in the different planes. In doing so, in a first direction of rotation, the granular material is distributed onto a first number of lines (01) extending out in at least one first plane and, in a second direction of rotation opposite to the first direction of rotation, onto a second number
