What to do, about my Wandering Jew?(Details.)

The porch may be fine but make sure it doesn’t get too cold. Wandering dude plants prefer bright, indirect light, such as from an east or west facing window. Too much direct sunlight can cause the leaves to burn, while too little light can cause the foliage to fade.
Temps should stay above 60F and like high humidity. It will become dormant in the winter and require less watering.

I take a bunch of big plants in from the deck over the winter. I put them in or near the window in my living room. You can’t put it in your house, near a window?

Can you take cuttings, put them in water, and start over next year?

Where do you live? Depending on where you live, your plant will be fine. We lived in Austin, Texas, and these plants did just fine outside, and occasionally we even had an ice storm or a little snow. The plants did die back to the ground, but they came back to life in spring.

So your plant is in a planter, but could you insulate it well enough that it won’t freeze hard enough to kill it?

It’s hardy to zone 8. https://plants.rainbowgardens.biz/12250005/Plant/14634/Wandering_Jew/

We brought ours in 2 days ago, he put in a bigger pot last week. Our sunroom faces east and so far it seems to be going well.
Beautiful plant, good luck.

I just remembered. I kept wandering jews in my house for years, When I moved to Texas, I discovered the variety that grew outside there was different. I can’t remember how it was different now; maybe the leaves were hairier or something. But I do remember noticing there was a difference.

So before you move forward, you might want to make sure you that know exactly what variety of wandering jew you have.

The plant I have now, IS a product of passing around pieces and growing them into more plants.
The “original” one, is still in the ground at my old house. It dies, and then comes back. It’s a long story, but that specific lineage of that specific plant, is very dear to me.

It’s WAY too big, to bring inside, and I’ll probably damage it some, moving it. I moved it in to the porch for the recent hurricanes, and it’s SO big, I tore off a few long “branches,” getting it through the doorway.

I’m actually pretty familiar, with this specific plant. I’ve grown it, from the original plant , in every place I have lived.

The place I would sit it on the porch, will be shady, until the Sun gets far enough over the roof to hit it from the west.
Roughly guessing, that could mean about 3–5 hours of sunlight each afternoon. The porch has tinted windows, that I can’t move, and I’m concerned that the tint plus the less light, would be bad.
I have some old vegetables and stuff, that I plan on putting on the exposed soil, and then covering that with pinestraw.
The heat from the decaying plant matter, and obviously all the nutrients, will help it through the winter. It’s really a wide plant now, and there’s no way to keep the whole plant in the sunlight.
I know that it prefers less light than a lot of plants, but I’m uncertain about if maybe I should rotate it, like every few days or something, to get equal sunlight coverage.

If say, only a third of the plant gets direct light, will that negatively affect the parts that wouldn’t get light?

Humidity, is NOT a problem.

I do know, I could grow it again next year, but I was really proud of how big and healthy this one got. I’d love to maybe put it in an even bigger planter eventually. The 5 gallon bucket, is really too deep and bot wide enough.
Planters for sale, are INSANE amounts of money, for what they are.
I can’t plant it in the ground here, like when I don’t live in the swamp. The “critters” out here, won’t let me grow it on the ground. Although my neighbor several houses away, has it around their mailbox and nothing messes with it.
I have to keep it off the ground some. At least too tall for armadillos. They were the worst vandals, to the plant.
I’m not certain if my armadillos are antisemitic, but they hate the Wandering Jews…

I am afraid I have no solutions to offer.

^No. The discussion was quite helpful. It will play a role in my final decision.
Likely, I will try to keep it on the porch, if it starts to look bad, I will reassess, and perhaps seek advice again from my fellow jellies.
Many thanks, to all, for the advice.

Peace and love.