Some Arborvitaes started dying after 14 years – Reddit Post

I had planted about 75 5 ft tall arborvitaes 14 years ago in 2011 in two staggered rows. 20 of them turned yellow and died. I replaced them but within a year, 10 more died. I planted new ones with plenty of peace moss under and around and I got TrueGreen tree service. After that they stopped dying.

Except for this season! 15 mature trees have turned yellow! TrueGreen says that due to cold spells last winter some of them couldn’t survive. I live in Southern New Jersey. I don’t buy that justification! It did get a bit cold but in last 14 years, there have been colder winters. Someone said that the drought and warm summer followed by cold winter impacted the trees. I am not sure if to leave them for a while and pray for revival or to get rid of them. Any thoughts?