Tradescantia - Bought it 2 wks ago. It was happy for about 10 days, then the soil felt wet so I watered it. I dried the leaves with a paper towel, but today it looks like this! The spot I'm pointing to seems totally rotted. What should I do? Pretty new to plants! Thank you!

It's in the small hanging pot the store had it in, which has drainage holes. All the stems are feeling pretty weak and floppy today compared to how they were a few days ago. I watered it with tap--guess I'll try distilled next time.

It's also been in a pretty hot room the last few days (heat wave and I've been staying somewhere else that has AC). I just put it in this spot to take the picture--it hasn't been in this much light the whole time.

I do have bigger pots, potting soil, vermiculite, and peat moss if repotting might be a good idea! I'm also wondering if I should "chop and prop" the stem that seems rotted through...?

Edit: Title should say the soil felt DRY so I watered it 😂

I would say it's probably from the heat wave, but it's possible it could be overwatering. Either way, you can snip the tips and root them fairly easily if needed, just try and make sure it doesn't get over 27°c (80F) or there's a good chance it'll struggle again.

If the roots are good you can also cut the main stems back to the first node, the leaves will start growing back pretty quickly.