one plant?

because of space available and money factors, i'm interested in growing one plant, hydrponically. is this possible, what are the down sides or are there in reason that this would be a bad idea?

your biggest downside is that you;ll get a male that is useless. you can get around this by using clones or feminized seeds

so i figures that... if i use a femminized seed, it should reduce the risk og getting a male plant

Rather than one plant look at this huge thread from a master micro grower. This is what you can do in 2 square feet of floor space on a budget of next to nothing:

(Note that this is a perpetual harvest giving him 3 plants to harvest every week, and he always has all the bud he ever needs.)

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=69713&page=3&pp=15

yeah i believe you should either do feminized seeds or at least 2 plants you put a lot of time into growing and then to find out its male that would definetly suck....... if you dont have feminized seeds plant 2