In need of hoeing (5)
I believe the answer is:
weedy
'in need of hoeing' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for weedy that I've seen before include "Thin, puny (colloq.)" , "Scraggy" , "Underdeveloped" , "like an untended flower bed?" , "quite unlike Charles Atlas" .)