The invention relates to a device for coating seed with a liquid picklingsolution, having a housing (10) which boundsa chamber (11) for receiving the seed, having rotating means for mixing seedand pickling solution, having an air duct (17) forfeeding hot air into the chamber (11), and having a separating unit which ispermeable to the hot air and separates the air duct (17)from the chamber (11). The invention provides for the separating unit tocomprise at least one perforated metal sheet (18) which hasan inner side (31) facing the chamber (11), an outer side (30) facing the airduct (17), and a multiplicity of protrusions (28), whereinone protrusion (28) rises obliquely in the direction of the outer side (30)and forms an opening entrance (34) inclined with respect tothe sheet plane (29). The invention furthermore relates to a method in whichthe device is employed.
