(3rd attempt today)
1) Does anyone know if there are any uses for a banana stalk if I
decide to cut my 2m+ plant to the ground to make it easier to protect
and to encourgae more clumping.
2) What trigger is required to promote fruiting, e.g. X number of days
at X degrees, or something else?
Thanks.

Obviously I'm just dreaming given that I intend to leave my plant, (as
yet intact) outside in a pillar of straw, where temperature dropped to
-5 degrees earlier in the year. (West Flanders, belgium)