If the soil is to hot it can cause the tips to burn but they should have been like that or showing some signs of that before the homemade spray.
I have used a homemade spray for spider mites before and it did not work the best but has some good results. For trips I would use beneficial predator mites. Or something with Permethrin's
Best Of Luck!
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