The present invention provides a pricking-cut device, comprising a prick (1) having on one end longitudinal guiding means (2) for guiding the root system (7) of the pricked out plant (8). The invention further encompasses a method of pricking out plants including a step of inserting the root system of a pricked-out plant into growing substrate, wherein a pricking-cut device comprising guiding means is provided, the root system (7) of the pricked-out plant (8) is inserted in a straightened position into guiding means (2) of a pricking-cut device, whereupon the pricking-out device together with the root system (7) of the pricked-out plant (8) is inserted into a layer of growing substrate by a unidirectional movement and passed through the layer of the growing substrate by the unidirectional movement, whereas in a pre-determined depth in the layer of growing substrate the root system (7) is released from the guiding means (2) of the pricking-cut device, and said pricking-out device then continues to move by the same unidirectional movement out of the growing substrate.
